Harris lacked confidence, presidential demeanor in first TV interview: body language expert
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A body language expert who analyzed Vice President Kamala Harris’ first interview with the media since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee tells Fox News Digital that she believes Harris was "not confident in what she's saying" and lacked a presidential demeanor.
The vice president sat down alongside running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Thursday night for a CNN interview after largely avoiding the press since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket, yet she appeared to frequently look down while responding to questions.
"When I look at her overall demeanor, she does not carry the confidence or the presidential appearance in her demeanor to command in her position," body language expert Susan Constantine told Fox News Digital. "So for everything that I saw last night, she definitely needs to make some tweaks into her body language to appear more confident."
"The fact that she's looking down a lot removes a lot of the fluidity and the authenticity," she added.
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Near the beginning of the interview, Harris was asked twice about her "day one" agenda but gave overarching answers instead of responding with a specific executive order or directive.
"When she struggles, you start to see a lot of the head bobbling. You know, the head bobbling is ‘what part of the file in my